FOREST, Va. – After leading the Roanoke College women's cross-country team to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Rooney Invitational, Lauren Brown has been named the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) Runner of the Week.

Brown finished the 5k course at Greenhill Park in 21:45.8 to finish sixth overall. The top five finishers were all runners from NCAA Division II institutions. As a team the Maroons finished with 80 points, four better than Division II Shaw.

Roanoke will continue practicing until their next meet on Saturday, September 24 at the Hornet Harrier Invitational hosted by Shenandoah. The women's race gets underway at the Kernstown Battlefield at 10 a.m. in Winchester.